BE FAST' is an easy-to-remember acronym that can save lives by helping you quickly identify stroke symptoms and act promptly: Balance: Sudden loss of balance or coordination. Eyesight: Abrupt ...

SNP ministers should consider changing the test for strokes in all Scotland’s hospitals, an NHS investigation into the death ...

JJ is a 75-year-old man who presents to the office after his wife made an appointment for him this morning for evaluation of ...

Winter may not only lead to a surge in joint problems or respiratory ailments but even strokes. A stroke is a medical emergency that happens when the blood flow to the brain is blocked and it is also ...

This risked medics being diverted from emergencies to “stroke ‘mimics’”. But the group that conducted the review “agreed there is a role for consideration of the BEFAST tool”, amid ...